Skein support bow

ABSTRACT

Skein support bow having a length approximately identical to that of the skein, having the shape of a strip made of flexible material and including two ends, wherein each of said ends terminates in a double hook for housing a loop of the said skein, the said strip including an excrescence, in its central part, of dimensions such that it can take a label on which a reference of the said skein is indicated.

[0001] The present invention relates in general to assemblies of yarns folded over themselves in several turns (hereafter called a “skein”) and allowing tidy separation of these yarns by creating a loop made in the skein (small hank). It relates more particularly to a bow intended to receive such a skein.

[0002] The object of the invention is to provide an embroidery bow which allows the yarns to be mounted on it instantly without a winding phase being necessary and which has a ring holder intended to support the label bearing the reference of the color of the skein.

[0003] For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a skein support bow having a length approximately identical to that of the skein and having the shape of a strip made of flexible material, characterized in that it terminates at each of its ends in a double hook capable of housing a loop of the said skein, the said strip including an excrescence, especially in its central part, of dimensions such that it can take a label on which a reference of the said skein is indicated.

[0004] According to one embodiment of the said bow, the said excrescence has a hole so as to catch the unused strands of yarn.

[0005] The subject of the invention is also a method of using a bow, applied to a skein, held in position by means of labels with tabs which can be folded down inside a loop, going around the latter in its upper and lower parts, which consists in intstripucing one of the loops of the skein into one of the double hooks, then in removing the labels going around the skein and in passing the other free end of the skein into the second double loop.

[0006] Further features and advantages of the present invention will emerge from the description given below, with reference to the appended drawings which illustrate one embodiment thereof, devoid of any limiting character.

[0007] In the figures:

[0008]FIG. 1 is a plan view of the embroidery bow according to the invention; and

[0009]FIG. 2 is a plan view of the skein mounted on the embroidery bow of the FIG. 1.

[0010] As shown in FIG. 1, the bow forming the subject of the invention is in the form of a strip, preferably made of plastic or the like, which terminates at each of its ends in a double hook 7 capable of housing a loop 5 of the skein 4. To do this, the said bow has a length approximately identical to that of the said skein and the material of which it is made is flexible so as to make it easier for the said skein to be mounted on it.

[0011] The use of the bow is thus very simplified: all that is required is to pass one of the loops 5 of the skein 4 into one of the double hooks 7, then to remove the labels 1 and 1′ going around the said skein and finally to pass the other free end of the skein into the second double hook (cf. FIG. 2), thus ensuring that the yarns do not entangle. This bow system therefore has the advantage of avoiding the step consisting in manually winding the yarn onto a support.

[0012] According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the bow 6 has, especially in its central part, an excrescence 8 of dimensions such that it can take the label (1 or 1′) on which the reference of the skein (color number, length, etc.) is indicated. Thus, after having mounted the skein on the said bow, the user slips the reference label onto the excrescence 8, thereby allowing him to rapidly identify in particular the color of the skein with which he is working.

[0013] According to another advantageous characteristic of the invention, the said excrescence has, for example, in its lower part, a hole 9 intended for catching the unused strands of yarn.

[0014] The present invention as described above has many advantages; in particular, the bow described above can be used in combination with a label intended to go around a skein, which label has a projecting part extended by a tab which can be folded down inside a loop of the skein, thereby allowing the yarn to be mounted simply and instantly on the bow without any risk of the yarn entangling. All that is required is to intstripuce one of the loops of the skein into a double hook 7, then to remove the labels containing the skein and to pass the other end of the skein into the second double loop. 

1. Skein support bow having a length approximately identical to that of the skein, having the shape of a strip made of flexible material and including two ends, wherein each of said ends terminates in a double hook for housing a loop of the said skein, the said strip including an excrescence, in its central part, of dimensions such that it can take a label on which a reference of the said skein is indicated.
 2. Bow according to claim 1 , wherein the said excrescence has a hole so as to catch the unused strands of yarn.
 3. Method of using a bow according to claim 1 , applied to a skein held in position by means of labels with tabs which can be folded down inside a loop, going around the latter in its upper and lower parts, which consists in intstripucing one of the loops of the skein into one of the double hooks, then in removing the labels going around the skein and in passing the other free end of the skein into the second double hook. 